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Once upon a time cover art

Once upon a time

Bruno MARTIOL · 2017-09-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

« Once Upon A Time » is an adventure game in which a young woman, finds a magic book and is instantly teleported inside. Each chapter of the book is one single tale in which you will have to solve riddles in fairy tale designed settings. Magic and nature will be friends and foes.

40%
positive of 62 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 70% of 13,120 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.24-55%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Epic Game Store (2024-10-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.002017-09-252026-09-032017-09-25 — best price $0.002024-02-11 — best price $2.492024-02-12 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $2.492024-03-28 — best price $4.992024-05-16 — best price $2.492024-06-13 — best price $4.992024-07-18 — best price $2.492024-08-01 — best price $4.992024-09-02 — best price $2.492024-09-16 — best price $4.992024-10-18 — best price $2.242024-11-01 — best price $4.992024-12-12 — best price $2.242025-01-09 — best price $4.992025-02-10 — best price $2.242025-02-24 — best price $4.992025-03-26 — best price $2.242025-04-09 — best price $4.992025-05-15 — best price $2.242025-06-12 — best price $4.992025-07-17 — best price $2.242025-07-31 — best price $4.992025-09-04 — best price $2.242025-09-18 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $2.242025-11-03 — best price $4.992025-12-12 — best price $2.242026-01-08 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $2.242026-02-23 — best price $4.992026-03-30 — best price $2.242026-04-13 — best price $4.992026-05-14 — best price $2.242026-06-11 — best price $4.992026-07-16 — best price $2.242026-07-30 — best price $4.992026-09-03 — best price $2.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportStatsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

IndieCasualAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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